If

Just a little something on confidence for you guys.Enjoy!


'if' by rudyard kipling

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:



If you can dream - and not make dreams your master,
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:



If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it all on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"



If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)





Kipling is said to have written the poem 'If' with Dr Leander Starr Jameson in mind, who led about five-hundred of his countrymen in a failed raid against the Boers, in southern Africa. The 'Jameson Raid' was later considered a major factor in starting the Boer War (1899-1902)

30 DAYS OF THANKFULNESS - DAY 26

Please join me in the Thankfulness Chain....if I tag you today, please complete the tag tomorrow (November 27), and title your post “30 Days of Thankfulness - Day 27”. Please provide a link to myself and the two people that you're tagging for Day 27, so that we can all follow the chain... please let them know they're being tagged, why they're being tagged, and how to grow the chain.



If I tag you today and you’re unable to do the tag tomorrow, you can still choose the day to reflect the date on which you do it (e.g. if you choose to do it on November 28, you can title the post “30 Days of Thankfulness – Day 28”). The same applies if you decide to complete the tag today, instead of tomorrow. Please post these rules, or something to this effect, to help the tag along.



I was gradually becoming a complaining/nagging woman, God has started to change me, it was so good to be tagged by daddys girl, because its a confirmation that i have so much to be grateful for





I am Thankful for being alive, God on so many occasions i as a human have felt like the only way out would be death, he has kept me,i am so great ful for the gift of life. I have had my illnesses and sicknesses but He has kept me.




I am thankful for my wonderful family- should i say families now. He has blessed me with the best father ever, a supportive mother,A almost perfect husband, great and wonderful siblings, A good and God fearing mother in law, nice in laws.




I am thankful for my neighbours - we are not the best of friends, but we all live in peace at all times. In fact just thanking God for them has made me realise i need to bless them somehow.



I am thankful for my career - i complain so much about how i want a job and money and all, i just keep complaining, but looking back now, the Lord has been faithful, am sure he started this work, cos through it all He has keep me focused and determined. I am so thankful for the fact that he started me off from the very bottom, in the last few years i have watched my self only go higher. He is able and i am thankful for this. I was fighting myself(note myself) in my office that i am leaving today, but i have come to realise that i have been here at this time for a purpose and i am thankful for this.




I am thankful for my home, a roof over my head, a shelter away from the troubles of this world.




I am thankful for my friends, old, new, walked, previous and future - i have been telling anyone that wants to listen, how i don't have friends and how i want a good friend, i can be myself with, encourage, mess around with and just generally be there for. I have been crying about the ones i lost, the ones i miss etc. But i want to thank God now for the people around me, i thank God that in little ways i am able to be a blessing to each and every one of them, i pray he continues to teach me to love unconditionally expecting nothing in return. I am thankful for a certain person i have known for a few years, yet it seems like i have known her all my life. We have our fights and make up, not so near each other yet our friendship has blossomed, she has been like no friend i have ever had, so close that i cannot exactly call her friend. I thank God, for the kind of spark and grace she carries with her, and though sometimes she wants more, i am thankful because her future is settled.




I am also thankful for my new discovery!! JOYCE MEYER!!!!!!





For everything i say Thank You lord, continue to keep a word of praise on my lips, continue to make me a blessing. Strengthen me in your word Lord, Please continue to hide me under the shadow of your wings.




Amen.


I am tagging Sisbee, Mrs Somebody and Nyemoni 9Don't know how to put the links, sorry).

Insight

I got tagged for tomorrow but i just wanted to say today that My God has been so faithful.....i know something is about to happen cos i am soooooooo expectant. Will fill u people in when it manifests.



In the meantime i think tomorrow is my last day here in our 2 man office, another door has opened and i'm walking right into it.I gave the proper leave oooo and it ends tomorrow or on Monday.




Recently i have just been feeling so wonderful with myself, i wish i could show you pictures! Its good to feel nice, i asked DH why he was treating me a bit differently these days. His answer - "you look different and are acting different, ur skin is shinning so much more than before, what happened?" wow. Here's tooo plenty more bliss.



And DH is taking me to see Brian Mcknight and all the people coming on sunday.... i look forward to it. Will give u details of all that on monday i suppose, he has been so so sweet and has it all planned. I can't wait.



Ok my people wait for my thankful post tomorrow.....

Random Stuff

Hey Long time no blog!!


Just read sisb's blog and realised that i am guilty as charged lol.



I am actually one of those people that claim to be too busy to visit, too busy to call, too busy to blog and yes it seems to me that the days just turn into weeks and weeks into months. I have been too busy doing nothing and living on facebook to blog.



Been back for over 2 weeks now, just gave my resignation letter and have accepted my new offer that i hope goes well. I hear it's as challenging as i hope. Anyway that's that on the job front.



Home front - it smells like christmas already, with my new job i sincerely have no plans for christmas, how i wish i could go to NKWERRE, i wonder if i'll even have a break.



Been thinking about life generally and have come to the conclusion that really i have nothing to complain about. God has indeed been good. Am still a size 14 no weight gone down, but i mean they still have some hot designs and baffs in size 14 ooooo. That has been on the top list of my worries ooo, my weight. Have been gyming anyway and eating so healthy, fruits, wheat bread and cereals, lots of water, salads but am loving me for now.





My boss has been my number 2 complaint - ok God has given me new bosses. I hope its all professional etc etc. No need to look at anyone's face seriously.Just get the work done.



DH is good gradually adapting to our "cosmopolitan marriage" begining to do the little things that i consider important. Help me out with lil stuff, i wont mention before you Nigerian guys will start saying ur own lol.... anyway i have learnt from me and DH that yes God, is a perfecter and He makes all things beautiful, it's only a matter of time. I cant believe i get sad when he doesn't kiss me bye bye etc...., my friend has complained that her hubby staied away from home for 6 days without a word, And here i am saying hubby doesn't open doors, kiss me hello and good bye, gist with me when am cooking in the kitchen.............. such petty stuff that he can do easily and has now started to do..........




Ermmm what else.. this is my random post. I have been selling my big bags o. I have actually almost finished selling. I need to before i start my new "serious job". This job thing is making me happy am so relieved because i was ready to disappoint my dad and yes START SELLING BAGS oooo. what's my own. I am one that derives joy from doing what i like, since i like law and it hasnt been going for me, i might as well buy bags, cos i love bags, but since i can't wear all the bags. I can sell some. Hasn't been easy cos of gbase masters lol. But am greatful it won't be my profession any longer.




Thats that i will think of more things and blog alot cos i see myself not blogging so often in the near future.


Whats been happening in blogsville? let me run round and go check like a lil amebo...

On Fitness

Wow am here in Denver - Colorado, and i hear its one of the healthies states in the US, Went for a football match this morning it was good. I hope i come back with the whole fitness fever too cos am really impressed. Did you know maintaining a good fitness approach is also good for your self esteem.


I know am just blabing, truth is i doubt i have much to blog about these days. You guys enjoy your weekend.

This My God

Everyone's screeming update, update, update.... truth is my blog is meant to be about the WONDERFUL WORLD of me, nothing wonderful has been happening so i have been still and trust me you wont like me if i start my ranting on here.




I am currently away on holiday so will blog well well cos guess what!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I GOT THE LAW FIRM JOB!!!!!(I mean i know i must have told you guys about loads of interviews and loads of offers) Tis is one of the big firms i have cried and asked why my case is different and how i no fit enter. The email is sitting in my box, i passed the test and interview and will be called soon.



To think i just told my boss i was going away etc, and he let me, hoping to have me back. You dont want to know how hot i feel. Will have to buy me my favorite COCO MADMOSELLE as a lil sumfink for the lil gal in me....... Ths is to me being happier, more fufiled in my job, and i trust it will affect other aspects of my life. This is to me getting my bambino, to my Dearest dearest Hubby for enduring my complaining and frustration. The well deserved job has come ooooooooooooooooo. Am i going on and on??????




Ok i arrived my final destination this morning after some days in yes DUBAI finally......... It is a lovely place, i was there alone but i still managed to have fun, I must go there again wiv my people.... (u kno urselves).



Seeing that am going to be so busy when i start my new job, u know all those efico firms that close late and all, i wonder.... Finally am going to get to work with people, my first real job ever!!!!!!!! yay.




That reminds me. My first job was in a doctors clinic, then my cousins law firm, then the firm i did my attachment in, then this........ never really had a real interview, always family friends etc. I just hope its challenging cos i dont want to see my self comlaining some months down the line. I will give this place at least 4 years ie if the legal dept of that Bank doesnt call me soon.



Ermmmm People travelled 14 hours from Dubai and just finished cooking my brother-in-law a big pot of delicious stew. Will catch you guys later...... theres so much to talk about dot even know where to start. Kai havent even called my hotness

Update Already

Nothings been happening to me. Somehow didnt want to bore u guys with my should i resign, i want to sell big bags and all that gist.

My Dads been a bit ill so i have been worried, because he means so much to me. I should tell him that more often.

Ermmm in all my younger sister passed her bars, but they say she locked herself indoors cos she made a pass been trying her fone all day. The girl tried cos law school aint easy. So this one goes out to her Rossy CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!! You have done us proud again baby and we love you so much. I wish you all the best and you wont look for job as much as me ok love. Don't mind those law school people they don't know who to give what grades to.

What else, will tell you guys when am sure, but yep am planning a holiday and yep am planning to resign........... and ooops my DH is fine.